The results of the Muncipal Corporation of Delhi elections have reiterated that the Congress continues to be at the receiving end. The most significant factor in these polls has been that both party men and opponents have been holding Delhi Chief Minister and her performance as the reason for this debacle. Read more

The countdown of the Commonwealth Games has started. There are hardly 70 days left for the big event to happen and the way things are moving it will be extremely surprising if all ends well. I for one would want the Games to be held given that the country’s prestige is involved and thousands of crores have been spent in building the infrastructure and doing up the Capital. Read more

Afzal Guru, the mastermind behind the terrorist attack on Indian Parliament in December, 2001, is again in the news. This time it is because the Delhi government has needless created a controversy about his mercy petition by putting out a rider regarding “the law and order situation” if he is hanged. Read more

Ever since the New Year started, Delhi’s problems too appear to have multiplied. The city is virtually going through its worse crisis and if one goes by the chaos on roads, one wonders what is going to happen in a few years from now. Read more

The excessive coverage by the media to the Ruchika Girhotra case has two sides to it. While most of us are convinced that former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore had played dirty with the teenager and her family leading to circumstances, which resulted in her suicide, there are some who also have a valid point. Read more

Delhi has many five star hotels and more are coming up in anticipation of the Commonwealth Games. For instance, the Hilton Piccadily Hotel will soon open in Janakpuri and the Marina in Connaught Place outer circle is getting a face-lift to reopen as the Raddison Marina. Read more

Two days of rain in a span of about a month have thoroughly exposed the lack of infra structure in the capital as also raised serious doubts on whether Delhi was prepared to hold Commonwealth Games next year.

The showers demonstrated that the city had a non-functional drainage system, an erratic traffic controlling mechanism and there was no attempt by the authorities to fix responsibility and take action so that things could move smoothly thereafter. Read more